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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1964-02-12

1964-02-12-001

Vol. 38 — No. 21'
2 Sections—12 Pages
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1964
10c Per Copy
Just as important today
We're Human, Too
Members of this and all other newspaper staffs are victims of that quirk of human nature so well expressed by
the axiom which asserts that: "An expart is a man away
from home." Newspaper people are very much at home
here, so they are seidom looked upon as experts. But they
are experts, ancl specialists, in a wide variety of occupations and professions, all of them vitally important to this
community.
A hometown newspaper, such us this one, is published
only through the teamwork of people of many ski'ls It is
doubtful if any other business or institution in the community surpasses the newspaper in its complsxity, in the varied nature of tlie expert know-how its operation requires.
Modern drug stores, which require a combination of
merchandising- and professional aptitudes, come closest to
the newspaper in the variety of demands made upon staffs.
But in addition to merchandising and professional abilities
comparable to those of the drug store, the newspaper's
people must also have mechanical understanding and skill
of a high order.
Newspaper mechanical staff people must know both
how to operate a variety of machines, and how to maintain
and repair them.
Editorial staff members are specialists who perform
their daily duties within the restricting confines of a code
of ethics fully as binding as are those of other professions.
They must have ability, a liking for people, knowledge of
words, a feeling for art, insatiable curiosity, willingness to
work all hours under pressure, and be familiar with mechanical practices and limitations of the printing plant.
While sharing with their neighbors the enjoyment of
a community event, the editorial worker must also cover
it, taking notes, names, dates and data, so that while others
relax afterward, the story of the event can be written. The
editor and reporter, like doctors, are "on duty" every hour
of every day.
Members of advertising and business office staffs, too,
are specialists, each in "his or her own way. And they, too,
are important to the community. Telling the local service
and merchandising story is vital to the smooth functioning
of professional and commercial sides of community life.
Matter Of Priorities
It might seem to a mere taxpayer, not privy to the
way the legislative mind works, that the Senate Finance
Committee considers luxury items more necessary to the
good life than higher education. This somewhat testy observation is prompted by the committee's move to repeal
455 million dollars of excise taxes on >uggage, jewelry, cosmetics and furs just a day or so after disapproving tax
relief to ease the burden of college expenses.
Fortunately, the committee rescinded its excise tax cut
when White House pressure made it apparent that this
could not pass the Senate. But the point is still valid: Had
the committee had its way, the tax on luxuries would have
been cut even though the plight of those struggling to
finance a college education was ignored.
There are some who regard jewelry and furs as virtual
necessities, and who would argue that luggage and cosmetics are not luxuries at all. Also, there are some who
might consider higher education a luxury that parents
ought to pay for without expecting any tax relief.
But this is quibbling. The fact is that luggage, jewebsy,
cosmetics and furs can bear a reasonable tax without serious harm to anyone. The fact is that the cost of financing
college educations, when unrelieved by any tax deduction,
imposes a heavy burden on middle-income families. The
fact is that the nation suffers in the long run from anything that tends to lower the number who can get a college
education.
Members of the Senate Finance Committee, if asked
whether they considered, luxuries or education more important, would surely come out strong for education. All the
same, they voted to repeal excise tajxes on luxuries; they
voted against tax relief for college expenses. The priorities
involved are questionable.
High Wire Men
Get Safer Perch
City officials and employees will breathe a little easier
now when workmen are repairing lights 'or the fire
alarm system.
Whoever will be^up there
doing the job will be more
likely to come back down
safely—thanks to a new addition to the City fleet.
The City has acquired a former Ohio Power Co. repair
truck.
A hydraulic aerial ladder,
which extends to 32 feet, is
mounted on the croam colored
'56 Chevrolet one and one-half
ton chassis.
The vehicle was purchased
from Harry Humphries Ford.
Inc. of New Philadelphia for
$1,800. The ladder is a product
of the Holan Co. of Cleveland.
Assigned to the Electrical Department, the truck and ladder
will be used jointly by the
City's Street, Water and Safety
departments. These three also
ire sharing the cost of the
piece of quipment.
The vehicle will be operated
.inder the direction of Paul
Schnider. His crew will include at least one man from
each of the Street, Water and
Park departments.
The truck, which had been
used up until now, was fitted
with a wooden platform upon
which a ladder was set. This
vehicle will be renovated and
made available to the Recreation Board for hauling equipment, supplies and personnel.
A World Beacon
City Studies
Akron's Civic
Forum Program
North Canton officials are
studying the Neighborhood Forum program of Akron with an
eye towari developing a similar
program in this City.
Attending ithe forum meeting
last week in Byre Junior High
qei'e Mayor Charles B. Strausser; Harold T. Duryee, a member of the City Planning Commission; and R. Wade Norris,
personnel and public relations
manager for Nationwide Insurance Co.
Mr. Strausser reported that
the meeting was very informative and the method of handling particularly interesting.
The projram, begun i n Akron
three years ago, takes vital civic
issues to the people through
forums. The one attended by
the local representatives concerned Akron's finances.
Varsity Debaters
Tie for Third
Hoover High School's Varsity
Debate Team was successful
Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Massillon Debate Tournament, as
they won six and lost two for
a second-place tie in the varsity division. Tied with Hoover
were debaters from Massillon,
Minerva and Cleveland St. Ignatius.
The tie was broken on the
grounds of opponents' strength,
with Minerva receiving t h e
second place award and Hoover, Massillon and St. Ignatius
winning third-place trophies.
Debating for Hoover were
Mike Kolp, Dick McDowell, Lee
Rainey and Evalynn Welling.
They defeated teams from
Cleveland St. Ignati'us, Minerva, Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Bishop MeCort, Jackson and
Canton Central Catholic and
lost to Barberton and Massillon.
Meet with County
City Planners Ready
For New Zoning Law
USE MASTER PLAN AS GUIDE
TO BUILD STIFFER CODE
VALENTINE SWEETHEART. A real Valentine indeed is Rhonda Georgene, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Naves of 1939 Philzer. The brown-eyed brunette cutie will be one
year old this Friday, Feb. 14, St. Valentine's Day. In years to come, both she and her
three .and one-half-year-old sister, Christine, will hear "Be Mine" from many a young lad.
Feb. 14, long ago, was observed as a festival in honor of St. Valentine, a Christian martyr
of the third century. It was a very old notion that on this day, birds began to mate. The
custom of sending love notes has no actual connection with the saint, but has flourished
through the years.
City Councilmen, who have been finding zoning problems tougher as the months go by, have been given hope
of relief.
Councilman Russell Youtz (Ward 2) told Councilmen
Monday night that the Planning Commission has been
studying the City's zoning ordinance for months in the
light of the zoning recommendations included in Ebasco
Services, Inc. Master Plan for the City.
The commission, he said, is
now ready to seek outside assistance. Mr. Youtz stated that
a meeting of commission and
council mem'bers with James
H. Hickey, director of the Regional Planning Commission,
has been set for Wednesday,
Feb. 12. The 7:30 p.m. meeting
was to be held in the Council
chambers at City Hall.
The City hopes to find in
what ways the county can assist in preparing a new planning ordinance and map.
"We need a serious review
and quickly," said Mr. Youtz,
who currently is president of
mho Stark County Regional Planning Commission.
Ebaseo's report, completed in
the spring of 1963, called for a
complete revision of the City's
zoning ordinances. In his report, 'Fred LaBastille, senior
planner on the North Canton
job, stated: "the North Canton
zoning ordinance is weak in
several aspects." He added that
the classifications are too general and enforcement too haphazard.
Hoover Gives
$3,000 To
Student Loan
A .13,000 donation from The
Hoover Co. Wednesday pushed
the Student Loan collections to
$8,600, announced Charles T.
Bogardus, loan foundation president.
The check for $3,000 was accompanied by a letter from H.
W. Hoover jr., president and
chairman of the board of The
Hoover Co.
In his letter, addressed to
Glenn DeHoff, chairman of the
special 'gifts division, Mr. Hoover said the following:
"Truly, it is important that
our young people obtain al] the
education they can to help
equip them for leadership and
service to the community and
our nation.. Business, in all its
operations, needs creative people with broad knowledge and
the capacity for independent
thinking, and certainly education is basic to supplying the
background for these.
"Without the help of organizations like the Foundation, it
would not be possible for many
young men and women to continue their education, a loss
we cannot afford."
Mr. Hoover, an honorary
trustee for the loan foundation,
concluded: "You and others
like you who are working to
provide this opportunity d e -
serve the community's thanks
and wholehearted support."
Parma Man Hired
As City Engineer
Beginning Feb. 24, North
Canton wih have its own City
engineer on the job full time.
Mayor Charles B. Strausser announced Wednesday
that Robert J. Hammontree,
30, of Parma, has been hired
as a full-time City engineer.
The annual salary, approved
•by City Council at a special
meeting Friday, Feb. 7, will be
$9,800.
Currently, the City's using
the consulting services of the
LeRoy Cooper firm of Canton
To Set Up Department
Mr. Hammontree's first dut>
according to Mr. Strausser, n il
be to set up an engineering de
p'artment. His office will be
on the second floor of City Hall
in a room presently used for
file and map storage.
A draftsman will probably
be hired to assist the engineer,
Mayor Strausser added. He also
explained that the City will
still roake use of outside engineering services on major
projects.
Many Projects Waiting
Among the projects that will
be waiting the new engineer
will be the East Maple Heights
sanitary sewer study, the West
Robert J. Hammontree
End Sanitary Sewer project,
the Woodside retention basin
and new park land surveying in
the southwest section of town.
.Acquired through the Ohio
Engineers 'Placement Service ,
Inc., of Columbus, Mr. Hammontree is a registered engineer and surveyor in the State
of Ohio.
He was tops in the civil engineering class when he re-
(Continued on rage Four)
'Proposals of Master Plan
The principal revisions proposed in the Master Plan are
as follows:
1. Exclude all new residential
use from commercial and industrial districts.
2. Require all uses to provide
off-street facilities for parking
and loading.
3. Separate fully the Zoning
Board of Appeals from the
Planning Commission and require the Zoning Board of Appeals to set forth fully its reasons when granting a zoning
variance or change.
4. Establish an up - to - date
schedule of required lot area
per family for single-family and
multi-family uses.
5. Require that construction
begin within a one-year period
on all rezoning petitions. If at
the end of one year, construction has not commenced the
zoning shall revert to its original category.
6. Rezone from 'business to
residential all vacant and resi-
dentially used properties outside of tho central core area.
The properties concerned are
zoned for commercial purposes
and are not vacant or occupied
by residential structures.
7. Provide a logical and feasible boundary to the industrial
district, in order to eliminate
incompatible uses within the industrial area.
8. .Exercise zoning jurisdiction 3 miles beyond the corporate limits.
9. Forbid (or exclude) residential development on less
than two (2) acres unless sewer
and water connections to the
central system are provided.
10. Exclude development from
the flood plains of all drainage
creeks.
The above and the 30-page
review by Eibasco have been
studied and revamped in special meetings held 'by the Planning Commission throughout the
summer and fall of 1963.
The commission, Mr. Youtz
said, even started drafting their
final decisions into legal form
It was at this point the com
missioners decided more qualified and expert assistance wa.s
needed.
In other business, Council:
PASSED an ordinance establishing the Harter Bank and
Trust Co. and First National
Bank as depositories for City
funds. Both banks have branches in North Canton. First National will receive 51 percent of
City monies; Harter, 49 percent.
APPROVED the vacation of a
portion of Willaman Ave. between Fifth and Sixth streets.
APPROVED, 5-1, the first
reading of an ordinance authorizing the change of name
from Westhill St. to Everhard
Rd. This change was made t »
match the county portion of the
road. Council President Evan
Schiltz cast the lone negative
vote.
UNANIMOUSLY approv-
ed the first reading of an ordinance permitting the investment of City funds not needed
for a six-month period to conform with the State Code as to
the administering .board and
type of securities approved for
purchase.
PASSED, unanimously. the
first reading of an ordinance
authorizing the purchase of a
four-wheel motor vehicle for the
City's Civil Defense Department and appropriating $2,2S0
from the Income Tax Fund to
cover the purchase. Councilman William Baines (Ward 1'
voted against a 'motion by
Councilman Youtz to suspend
(Continued on Page Four)
Lavin Keynotes
Rotary Club's
'Senior Night'
Noted civic leader and Canton businessman Ben Lavin will
•be tjuest speaker for the Vocational Senior Night program
planned by North Canton 'Rotarians for this Thursday.
Mr. .Lavin, vice president oi
marketing at Sugardale Provision, is involved in numerous
civic and school functions and
was elected "Young Man i>£
the Year" in Canton in 1962.
He is one the board of directors and building committee
of the Canton Jewish Center.
was president of the Belle
Stone PTA, serves on the City
and Regional planning commissions and the YMCA camp
board.
Mr. Lavin, who resides at
2129 Spring Ave. NEi in Canto
is the father of three.
A total of 80 Hoover Hicrh
seniors, who plan immediate
careers, will be 'guests at tiie
dinner meeting.
They will be introduced fallowing the 6:30 meal at Community Christian Church.
Introducing the speaker will
be Bill Stull Jr., chairman ■if
the Youth Service Committee
who is in charge of the program. On the committee with
Mr. Stull are Roy Smith and
Dr. Lewis A. Snyder.
It was in the year 1809 that a momentous event occurred on an obscure farm in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln
was born on the 12th clay of February, and in subtle yet
profound ways the course of history was altered.
That time now seems exceedingly remote, and so it
was. We tend to think of Lincoln mainly in connection with
the great conflict that broke out in a year well past the
mid-century mark and nearly destroyed the Union, but he
was a child of the early years of that Union. A number of
the founding fathers were still living when he was born;
the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson, were not to die until he was already a lean,
sinewy youth of 17.
Perhaps the fact that Lincoln's boyhood, coincided with
the formative years of the nation reinforced his keen sense
that the nation—this union of many diverse states must at
all costs be preserved. When he faced the hard iron of testing as president and commander-in-chief, this was his one
supreme guide.
There was more in it than determination that this nation should survive \o become great and powerful. Lincoln
felt, too, a strong belief that the United States was the
embodiment of an idea destined to be a beacon for all the
world. Not the leader, solely in the sense of command, but
a light for guidance of other men who yearned to be free.
On this 15oth anniversary of his birth, Americans can honor Abraham Lincoln by reflecting on that lofty concept of
America's destiny.
NCIP Boom Starts
With Quimby Opening
More than 600 dealers and customers, along with City
officials and civic leaders, are expected to attend the two-
day Open House at Quimby Material Handling headquarters
this week.
The first firm to break ground in the North Canton
Industrial Park, Quimby has invited the above to view its
facilities at 7660 Freedom Ave. between' 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
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From their new location, the
firm offers complete sales,
service, parts, rentals and leasing.
Welcoming the visitors, who
will include John Harminson,
sales manager oi the material
handling division of Allis-Chal-
mers, will be Eugene Quimby,
president and sales manager;
and his .brother, Charles Quimby, who is finance director.
During the grand opening
tours of tho 10,000-square - foot
structure, visitors will see a
well-stocked parts department
under the suDervision of Millard
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NOIP NEIGHBOR. Open for business at 7660 Freedom
Ave., in the North Canton Industrial Park, is Quimby Material Handling, Inc., authorized Allis-Ohalmerk desiler for
fork lift trucks. The firm, which serves a 22-county area,
expects more than 600 dealers, customers and civic leaders
at its two-'day grand opening Thursday and Friday,

Vol. 38 — No. 21'
2 Sections—12 Pages
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1964
10c Per Copy
Just as important today
We're Human, Too
Members of this and all other newspaper staffs are victims of that quirk of human nature so well expressed by
the axiom which asserts that: "An expart is a man away
from home." Newspaper people are very much at home
here, so they are seidom looked upon as experts. But they
are experts, ancl specialists, in a wide variety of occupations and professions, all of them vitally important to this
community.
A hometown newspaper, such us this one, is published
only through the teamwork of people of many ski'ls It is
doubtful if any other business or institution in the community surpasses the newspaper in its complsxity, in the varied nature of tlie expert know-how its operation requires.
Modern drug stores, which require a combination of
merchandising- and professional aptitudes, come closest to
the newspaper in the variety of demands made upon staffs.
But in addition to merchandising and professional abilities
comparable to those of the drug store, the newspaper's
people must also have mechanical understanding and skill
of a high order.
Newspaper mechanical staff people must know both
how to operate a variety of machines, and how to maintain
and repair them.
Editorial staff members are specialists who perform
their daily duties within the restricting confines of a code
of ethics fully as binding as are those of other professions.
They must have ability, a liking for people, knowledge of
words, a feeling for art, insatiable curiosity, willingness to
work all hours under pressure, and be familiar with mechanical practices and limitations of the printing plant.
While sharing with their neighbors the enjoyment of
a community event, the editorial worker must also cover
it, taking notes, names, dates and data, so that while others
relax afterward, the story of the event can be written. The
editor and reporter, like doctors, are "on duty" every hour
of every day.
Members of advertising and business office staffs, too,
are specialists, each in "his or her own way. And they, too,
are important to the community. Telling the local service
and merchandising story is vital to the smooth functioning
of professional and commercial sides of community life.
Matter Of Priorities
It might seem to a mere taxpayer, not privy to the
way the legislative mind works, that the Senate Finance
Committee considers luxury items more necessary to the
good life than higher education. This somewhat testy observation is prompted by the committee's move to repeal
455 million dollars of excise taxes on >uggage, jewelry, cosmetics and furs just a day or so after disapproving tax
relief to ease the burden of college expenses.
Fortunately, the committee rescinded its excise tax cut
when White House pressure made it apparent that this
could not pass the Senate. But the point is still valid: Had
the committee had its way, the tax on luxuries would have
been cut even though the plight of those struggling to
finance a college education was ignored.
There are some who regard jewelry and furs as virtual
necessities, and who would argue that luggage and cosmetics are not luxuries at all. Also, there are some who
might consider higher education a luxury that parents
ought to pay for without expecting any tax relief.
But this is quibbling. The fact is that luggage, jewebsy,
cosmetics and furs can bear a reasonable tax without serious harm to anyone. The fact is that the cost of financing
college educations, when unrelieved by any tax deduction,
imposes a heavy burden on middle-income families. The
fact is that the nation suffers in the long run from anything that tends to lower the number who can get a college
education.
Members of the Senate Finance Committee, if asked
whether they considered, luxuries or education more important, would surely come out strong for education. All the
same, they voted to repeal excise tajxes on luxuries; they
voted against tax relief for college expenses. The priorities
involved are questionable.
High Wire Men
Get Safer Perch
City officials and employees will breathe a little easier
now when workmen are repairing lights 'or the fire
alarm system.
Whoever will be^up there
doing the job will be more
likely to come back down
safely—thanks to a new addition to the City fleet.
The City has acquired a former Ohio Power Co. repair
truck.
A hydraulic aerial ladder,
which extends to 32 feet, is
mounted on the croam colored
'56 Chevrolet one and one-half
ton chassis.
The vehicle was purchased
from Harry Humphries Ford.
Inc. of New Philadelphia for
$1,800. The ladder is a product
of the Holan Co. of Cleveland.
Assigned to the Electrical Department, the truck and ladder
will be used jointly by the
City's Street, Water and Safety
departments. These three also
ire sharing the cost of the
piece of quipment.
The vehicle will be operated
.inder the direction of Paul
Schnider. His crew will include at least one man from
each of the Street, Water and
Park departments.
The truck, which had been
used up until now, was fitted
with a wooden platform upon
which a ladder was set. This
vehicle will be renovated and
made available to the Recreation Board for hauling equipment, supplies and personnel.
A World Beacon
City Studies
Akron's Civic
Forum Program
North Canton officials are
studying the Neighborhood Forum program of Akron with an
eye towari developing a similar
program in this City.
Attending ithe forum meeting
last week in Byre Junior High
qei'e Mayor Charles B. Strausser; Harold T. Duryee, a member of the City Planning Commission; and R. Wade Norris,
personnel and public relations
manager for Nationwide Insurance Co.
Mr. Strausser reported that
the meeting was very informative and the method of handling particularly interesting.
The projram, begun i n Akron
three years ago, takes vital civic
issues to the people through
forums. The one attended by
the local representatives concerned Akron's finances.
Varsity Debaters
Tie for Third
Hoover High School's Varsity
Debate Team was successful
Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Massillon Debate Tournament, as
they won six and lost two for
a second-place tie in the varsity division. Tied with Hoover
were debaters from Massillon,
Minerva and Cleveland St. Ignatius.
The tie was broken on the
grounds of opponents' strength,
with Minerva receiving t h e
second place award and Hoover, Massillon and St. Ignatius
winning third-place trophies.
Debating for Hoover were
Mike Kolp, Dick McDowell, Lee
Rainey and Evalynn Welling.
They defeated teams from
Cleveland St. Ignati'us, Minerva, Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Bishop MeCort, Jackson and
Canton Central Catholic and
lost to Barberton and Massillon.
Meet with County
City Planners Ready
For New Zoning Law
USE MASTER PLAN AS GUIDE
TO BUILD STIFFER CODE
VALENTINE SWEETHEART. A real Valentine indeed is Rhonda Georgene, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Naves of 1939 Philzer. The brown-eyed brunette cutie will be one
year old this Friday, Feb. 14, St. Valentine's Day. In years to come, both she and her
three .and one-half-year-old sister, Christine, will hear "Be Mine" from many a young lad.
Feb. 14, long ago, was observed as a festival in honor of St. Valentine, a Christian martyr
of the third century. It was a very old notion that on this day, birds began to mate. The
custom of sending love notes has no actual connection with the saint, but has flourished
through the years.
City Councilmen, who have been finding zoning problems tougher as the months go by, have been given hope
of relief.
Councilman Russell Youtz (Ward 2) told Councilmen
Monday night that the Planning Commission has been
studying the City's zoning ordinance for months in the
light of the zoning recommendations included in Ebasco
Services, Inc. Master Plan for the City.
The commission, he said, is
now ready to seek outside assistance. Mr. Youtz stated that
a meeting of commission and
council mem'bers with James
H. Hickey, director of the Regional Planning Commission,
has been set for Wednesday,
Feb. 12. The 7:30 p.m. meeting
was to be held in the Council
chambers at City Hall.
The City hopes to find in
what ways the county can assist in preparing a new planning ordinance and map.
"We need a serious review
and quickly," said Mr. Youtz,
who currently is president of
mho Stark County Regional Planning Commission.
Ebaseo's report, completed in
the spring of 1963, called for a
complete revision of the City's
zoning ordinances. In his report, 'Fred LaBastille, senior
planner on the North Canton
job, stated: "the North Canton
zoning ordinance is weak in
several aspects." He added that
the classifications are too general and enforcement too haphazard.
Hoover Gives
$3,000 To
Student Loan
A .13,000 donation from The
Hoover Co. Wednesday pushed
the Student Loan collections to
$8,600, announced Charles T.
Bogardus, loan foundation president.
The check for $3,000 was accompanied by a letter from H.
W. Hoover jr., president and
chairman of the board of The
Hoover Co.
In his letter, addressed to
Glenn DeHoff, chairman of the
special 'gifts division, Mr. Hoover said the following:
"Truly, it is important that
our young people obtain al] the
education they can to help
equip them for leadership and
service to the community and
our nation.. Business, in all its
operations, needs creative people with broad knowledge and
the capacity for independent
thinking, and certainly education is basic to supplying the
background for these.
"Without the help of organizations like the Foundation, it
would not be possible for many
young men and women to continue their education, a loss
we cannot afford."
Mr. Hoover, an honorary
trustee for the loan foundation,
concluded: "You and others
like you who are working to
provide this opportunity d e -
serve the community's thanks
and wholehearted support."
Parma Man Hired
As City Engineer
Beginning Feb. 24, North
Canton wih have its own City
engineer on the job full time.
Mayor Charles B. Strausser announced Wednesday
that Robert J. Hammontree,
30, of Parma, has been hired
as a full-time City engineer.
The annual salary, approved
•by City Council at a special
meeting Friday, Feb. 7, will be
$9,800.
Currently, the City's using
the consulting services of the
LeRoy Cooper firm of Canton
To Set Up Department
Mr. Hammontree's first dut>
according to Mr. Strausser, n il
be to set up an engineering de
p'artment. His office will be
on the second floor of City Hall
in a room presently used for
file and map storage.
A draftsman will probably
be hired to assist the engineer,
Mayor Strausser added. He also
explained that the City will
still roake use of outside engineering services on major
projects.
Many Projects Waiting
Among the projects that will
be waiting the new engineer
will be the East Maple Heights
sanitary sewer study, the West
Robert J. Hammontree
End Sanitary Sewer project,
the Woodside retention basin
and new park land surveying in
the southwest section of town.
.Acquired through the Ohio
Engineers 'Placement Service ,
Inc., of Columbus, Mr. Hammontree is a registered engineer and surveyor in the State
of Ohio.
He was tops in the civil engineering class when he re-
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'Proposals of Master Plan
The principal revisions proposed in the Master Plan are
as follows:
1. Exclude all new residential
use from commercial and industrial districts.
2. Require all uses to provide
off-street facilities for parking
and loading.
3. Separate fully the Zoning
Board of Appeals from the
Planning Commission and require the Zoning Board of Appeals to set forth fully its reasons when granting a zoning
variance or change.
4. Establish an up - to - date
schedule of required lot area
per family for single-family and
multi-family uses.
5. Require that construction
begin within a one-year period
on all rezoning petitions. If at
the end of one year, construction has not commenced the
zoning shall revert to its original category.
6. Rezone from 'business to
residential all vacant and resi-
dentially used properties outside of tho central core area.
The properties concerned are
zoned for commercial purposes
and are not vacant or occupied
by residential structures.
7. Provide a logical and feasible boundary to the industrial
district, in order to eliminate
incompatible uses within the industrial area.
8. .Exercise zoning jurisdiction 3 miles beyond the corporate limits.
9. Forbid (or exclude) residential development on less
than two (2) acres unless sewer
and water connections to the
central system are provided.
10. Exclude development from
the flood plains of all drainage
creeks.
The above and the 30-page
review by Eibasco have been
studied and revamped in special meetings held 'by the Planning Commission throughout the
summer and fall of 1963.
The commission, Mr. Youtz
said, even started drafting their
final decisions into legal form
It was at this point the com
missioners decided more qualified and expert assistance wa.s
needed.
In other business, Council:
PASSED an ordinance establishing the Harter Bank and
Trust Co. and First National
Bank as depositories for City
funds. Both banks have branches in North Canton. First National will receive 51 percent of
City monies; Harter, 49 percent.
APPROVED the vacation of a
portion of Willaman Ave. between Fifth and Sixth streets.
APPROVED, 5-1, the first
reading of an ordinance authorizing the change of name
from Westhill St. to Everhard
Rd. This change was made t »
match the county portion of the
road. Council President Evan
Schiltz cast the lone negative
vote.
UNANIMOUSLY approv-
ed the first reading of an ordinance permitting the investment of City funds not needed
for a six-month period to conform with the State Code as to
the administering .board and
type of securities approved for
purchase.
PASSED, unanimously. the
first reading of an ordinance
authorizing the purchase of a
four-wheel motor vehicle for the
City's Civil Defense Department and appropriating $2,2S0
from the Income Tax Fund to
cover the purchase. Councilman William Baines (Ward 1'
voted against a 'motion by
Councilman Youtz to suspend
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Lavin Keynotes
Rotary Club's
'Senior Night'
Noted civic leader and Canton businessman Ben Lavin will
•be tjuest speaker for the Vocational Senior Night program
planned by North Canton 'Rotarians for this Thursday.
Mr. .Lavin, vice president oi
marketing at Sugardale Provision, is involved in numerous
civic and school functions and
was elected "Young Man i>£
the Year" in Canton in 1962.
He is one the board of directors and building committee
of the Canton Jewish Center.
was president of the Belle
Stone PTA, serves on the City
and Regional planning commissions and the YMCA camp
board.
Mr. Lavin, who resides at
2129 Spring Ave. NEi in Canto
is the father of three.
A total of 80 Hoover Hicrh
seniors, who plan immediate
careers, will be 'guests at tiie
dinner meeting.
They will be introduced fallowing the 6:30 meal at Community Christian Church.
Introducing the speaker will
be Bill Stull Jr., chairman ■if
the Youth Service Committee
who is in charge of the program. On the committee with
Mr. Stull are Roy Smith and
Dr. Lewis A. Snyder.
It was in the year 1809 that a momentous event occurred on an obscure farm in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln
was born on the 12th clay of February, and in subtle yet
profound ways the course of history was altered.
That time now seems exceedingly remote, and so it
was. We tend to think of Lincoln mainly in connection with
the great conflict that broke out in a year well past the
mid-century mark and nearly destroyed the Union, but he
was a child of the early years of that Union. A number of
the founding fathers were still living when he was born;
the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson, were not to die until he was already a lean,
sinewy youth of 17.
Perhaps the fact that Lincoln's boyhood, coincided with
the formative years of the nation reinforced his keen sense
that the nation—this union of many diverse states must at
all costs be preserved. When he faced the hard iron of testing as president and commander-in-chief, this was his one
supreme guide.
There was more in it than determination that this nation should survive \o become great and powerful. Lincoln
felt, too, a strong belief that the United States was the
embodiment of an idea destined to be a beacon for all the
world. Not the leader, solely in the sense of command, but
a light for guidance of other men who yearned to be free.
On this 15oth anniversary of his birth, Americans can honor Abraham Lincoln by reflecting on that lofty concept of
America's destiny.
NCIP Boom Starts
With Quimby Opening
More than 600 dealers and customers, along with City
officials and civic leaders, are expected to attend the two-
day Open House at Quimby Material Handling headquarters
this week.
The first firm to break ground in the North Canton
Industrial Park, Quimby has invited the above to view its
facilities at 7660 Freedom Ave. between' 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
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dealer for- the Canton - Akron- j
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counties.
From their new location, the
firm offers complete sales,
service, parts, rentals and leasing.
Welcoming the visitors, who
will include John Harminson,
sales manager oi the material
handling division of Allis-Chal-
mers, will be Eugene Quimby,
president and sales manager;
and his .brother, Charles Quimby, who is finance director.
During the grand opening
tours of tho 10,000-square - foot
structure, visitors will see a
well-stocked parts department
under the suDervision of Millard
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NOIP NEIGHBOR. Open for business at 7660 Freedom
Ave., in the North Canton Industrial Park, is Quimby Material Handling, Inc., authorized Allis-Ohalmerk desiler for
fork lift trucks. The firm, which serves a 22-county area,
expects more than 600 dealers, customers and civic leaders
at its two-'day grand opening Thursday and Friday,